14-letter words containing t, o, m, a, e
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antimetabolite — any drug that acts by disrupting the normal growth of a cell. Sulfonamide drugs are antimetabolites and some antimetabolites are used in cancer treatment
- antimoniferous — Containing or producing antimony.
- antoine domino — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- apophthegmatic — Alternative form of apothegmatic.
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- appendectomies — Plural form of appendectomy.
- appendicectomy — surgical removal of any appendage, esp the vermiform appendix
- apportionments — Plural form of apportionment.
- approximeeting — the practice of a group of people making indefinite plans to meet and then altering those plans regularly via mobile phones according to changing circumstances
- archaeometrist — a person who uses archaeometry
- arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
- argumentations — Plural form of argumentation.
- arms inspector — a person who carries out an arms inspection
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- arrondissement — the largest administrative subdivision of a department
- as a matter of — If you are going to do something as a matter of urgency or priority, you are going to do it as soon as possible, because it is important.
- assembly point — a designated place where people have been told to wait after evacuating a building in the event of a fire or other emergency
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- astigmatometer — an apparatus for measuring the degree of astigmatism.
- astigmatoscope — an instrument for determining the presence and severity of astigmatism.
- astrochemistry — the study of the chemistry of celestial bodies and space, esp by means of spectroscopy
- astrocompasses — Plural form of astrocompass.
- at one's mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- atomic reactor — reactor (def 4).
- atomic veteran — a veteran of the armed forces who was exposed to radioactivity during the testing or use of nuclear (atomic) weapons in World War II or subsequent wars.
- atomic warfare — war in which nuclear weapons are used
- atomic-powered — powered by atomic energy
- aurothiomalate — (chemistry) A thiomalate with the addition of gold.
- autoenrollment — Automatic enrollment (especially of security certificates in a computer system).
- azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
- baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
- bamboo network — a network of close-knit Chinese entrepreneurs with large corporate empires in southeast Asia
- ban-the-bomber — a person who vigorously advocates banning the development or use of nuclear weapons.
- barium bromate — colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous crystals, Ba(BrO 3) 2 ⋅H 2 O, used in the preparation of certain bromates.
- barometrically — By means of a barometer.
- barometrograph — barograph.
- barrier method — Barrier methods of contraception involve the use of condoms, diaphragms, or other devices that physically prevent the sperm from reaching the egg.
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- base component — the system of rules in a transformational grammar that specify the deep structure of the language
- basidiomycetes — Mycology. any of a group of fungi constituting the phylum Basidiomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or, in older classification schemes, the class Basidiomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by bearing the spores on a basidium, including the smuts, rust, mushrooms, and puffballs.
- battered woman — See under battered woman syndrome.
- battered-women — the array of physical and psychological injuries exhibited by women (battered women or battered wives) who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their partners or spouses.
- bayes' theorem — the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations
- beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.